Happy Easter!

 Hello Class 2 Parents,

Happy Easter!

The children have earned their two weeks off. It's been a very busy and productive term, full of The Great Fire of London, reading, writing, maths, P.E, art work and all sorts of other things. 

This morning in church the children performed 'We're Going on an Egg Hunt', their version of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' which we composed together. They were fantastic and received lots of compliments (and many marbles in their class jar). 

Aside from that this week has been all about wrapping up the term, getting things finished and assessed, making cards and Easter baskets and other such Easter things. One of the children's favourite mornings was designing and making parachutes so that the Easter bunny could potentially deliver eggs by dropping them from planes. 

The children finished their Fire Marshals story by creating a large representation of a new Pudding Lane (with all the changes recommended in the Rebuilding Act) and then creating monuments to remember the fire. They learnt to change materials by bending, stretching, twisting and squashing them, which helped when making the sculptures. Hopefully you will see the finished results on the video below (if it has uploaded)

We also said goodbye to Miss Spink. As well as working with the children when they were in Class 1, Miss Spink has been joining us at the end of every afternoon to help with catch-up groups. She will be missed!

Homework.
Two weeks is quite a long time to be away from school, learning-wise. I have given your children an Easter Challenge booklet with six different homework challenges. It needs to be handed in on the Tuesday the children come back. For every challenge completed (and completed well) the children will receive a house point. Please help your children to complete their challenges, using a writing pencil to present their work neatly. 

They should also have two new reading books in their book bags, as well as a book they wrote at school.  I have also updated their home spelling cards in their red folders, highlighting the words they spelt correctly this week. 

I think that's all for now! Thank you all for your ongoing support of your children's education. 

See you in the summer term, when we all hope the sun will be shining a little bit more!

From Mrs Simpson